Although off-topic, I would suggest that you read up on eBay's recent
changes concerning fees, feedback, and the requirement of using
PayPal. You will be surprised and might change your mind.
I must say, this year I have had more problems buying things from hams
than I have in the 30 years I've been licensed. I've been called
names, threatened with lawsuits and have had to file formal complaints
against one individual. It's a shame, but it looks like from now on,
I will only buy new equipment from established dealers.
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
On Sep 14, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> I really like eBay also, and generally pay by Paypal. It's easy to
> set up
> a Paypal account, with or without eBay, and you could take payments
> through that. People could then use credit cards through Paypal to pay
> you.
>
> The other thing I like about eBay is the feedback rating. I have
> never had
> trouble from anyone with a feedback of over abuot 98%.
>
> I don't know if the scammers plague eBay like they do on the eHam.net
> sales board. Probably not, as they would get reported and lose their
> accounts pretty quickly. I mostly just buy things on eBay and have
> only
> sold a couple things through there.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008, Joe Serocki wrote:
>
>> The 23/33 cm station is in limbo, awaiting payment. Thanks to all who
>> expressed interest.
>>
>>
>>
>> One learning experience from this for me (if anyone is interested)
>> is that I
>> will no longer sell outside eBay. Silly as it sounds, I would
>> rather pay the
>> processing fees and have someone else collect payment. I had three
>> hams say
>> they wanted things I have sold outside eBay and tell me they would
>> send
>> payment, none of them have arrived. Either my mail lady is a twit
>> (possibly)
>> or people commit and then change their minds (probably). Not a big
>> deal to
>> me, really, just another hassle, thought I would offer some words
>> of wisdom,
>> FWIW.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe Serocki
>>
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